Drew Biber

#87 · TE · Sr. · Minnesota6′4″ · 245 lb · Cedarburg, WI

Drew Biber is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Minnesota.

Biber shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 41 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Rutgers — Week 5, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Shelton Zeon IIIUNLV · 2022 · 88% season match
Zach AtkinsColorado · 2025 · 86% season match
Ben BresnahanVanderbilt · 2021 · 85% season match
Josiah MiamenFlorida International · 2024 · 85% season match
Boden GroenRice · 2024 · 84% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	18	136	7.6	0	21
2024	Purdue	13	113	8.7	0	22
2023	Purdue	1	16	16.0	1	16
2022	Purdue	1	6	6.0	0	6
Career		33	271	8.2	1	22

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-10vs Buffalo	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	1	16	16.0	16
Wk 3	L 14-27@ California	1	17	17.0	17
Wk 5	W 31-28vs Rutgers	4	41	10.3	21	Season-high 41 yds
Wk 6	L 3-42@ No. 1 Ohio State	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 7	W 27-20vs Purdue	1	9	9.0	9
Wk 8	W 24-6vs No. 25 Nebraska	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	1	7	7.0	7
Wk 10	W 23-20vs Michigan State	1	3	3.0	3
Wk 12	L 13-42@ No. 7 Oregon	2	5	2.5	4
Wk 13	L 35-38vs Northwestern	2	17	8.5	9
Wk 14	W 17-7vs Wisconsin	2	8	4.0	5
Total		18	136	7.6	21

Signature game

Week 5 · 2025

W 31-28

vs Rutgers

4 rec · 41 yds

Edged out Rutgers at home in a shootout.

With D. Lindsey — 324 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · T. Weston — 44.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · California · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.87Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 17 yds to the MINN 40 for a
Week 1 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.25Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 9 yds to the MINN 34
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.21Lindsey to Biber: a 5-yard pass.
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.82D.Lindsey pass complete short middle to D.Biber caught at NU 39, for 9 yards to the NU 30 (B.Turner; B.Brus)
Week 5 · Rutgers · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.80Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 21 yds to the RUTG 24 for a
Week 7 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.77Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 9 yds to the PUR 27

4 more plays

Week 6 · Ohio State · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA −0.67Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 1 yd to the OSU 23
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.65Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 16 yds to the NWST 28 for a
Week 13 · Northwestern · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.58D.Lindsey pass complete short left to D.Biber caught at NU 28, for 8 yards to the NU 28 (B.Turner; M.Uihlein)
Week 5 · Rutgers · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +0.35Drake Lindsey pass complete to Drew Biber for 11 yds to the RUTG 27 for a

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

18 rec · 136 yds · 0 TD

17 of 18 receptions matched to play-by-play

10 of 23 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

236% of team targets

Catch rate

74%17 of 23 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

10% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 7.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

80% of targets (8)

75%catch rate

Air 3.4 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

10% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air 13.0 avg

74% catch rate on 23 targets · 6% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

22%5 of his 23 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33 (#141 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

33Below cohort / limited sample #141 of 156 · 2025?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: yards / catch (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#229 / 798 · 71st pct

73.9%

EPA / target#645 / 798 · 19th pct

0.18

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Explosive rate#669 / 798 · 16th pct

4.3%

Yards / catch#697 / 798 · 13th pct

7.8

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#124 / 175 · 28th pct

Rec yards#154 / 175 · 12th pct

136

Long catch#155 / 175 · 11th pct

Yards / catch#162 / 175 · 7th pct

7.6

Rec TDs#152 / 175 · 7th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.6	12.7	7.8	0.0
Road4g	1.2	7.5	6.9	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	15.5	10.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	7.2	4.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

51.7%

397 pass / 371 run

Plays / game

59.1

13 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

408 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

18 catches in 12 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

33 · #141 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #141 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #24 of 26 Big Ten TEs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 1,426 recruit in the country is starting at tight end in the Big Ten as a senior.